I love caffeine! I prefer tea to coffee. I prefer my flavors to be in your face, not subtle. I plan to use this blog to keep track of the teas I have tried. "Brains are inversely proportionate to common sense" - Nicole Schwartz

Initial assessment, the Kati mug is pretty, functional, and not a lot of fuss (dishwasher safe is a must!).

Then I tried to brew tea, as a normal loose tea drinker. I evaluated it as an effective tea maker: It passes with flying colors. I can steep my tea with a tight fitting lid, or without. The strainer fits onto the lip or inner rim of the cup perfectly limiting the number of leaves / debris that makes it into the tea itself. The lid is handy and doubles as a drip catcher for the strainer when the steep is complete. The strainer handle sits outside the mug and is cool to the touch even after a 7 minute steep. The ceramic holds the heat and temperature for the steep.

As a work tea mug / brewer this is a good solution - the leaves come out of the strainer fairly easily with a few thwacks (we have no kitchen sink at my work) and he drip catcher is great to save my desk from the mess.

I will evaluate this Kati system as an introductory to loose leaf system in another post.

The one downside I have found is that the mug does become too hot to comfortably hold. This is despite the double walled construction, so although the liquid is scalding, and the cup is not as hot as the liquid, it is still uncomfortable to hold.

The box was adorned with adorable little leaf stickers (like the tags on their pyramid bags)!

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